PHP Laravel Developer

About Sun King

Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, delivering energy access to 1.8 billion people without reliable grid connections through innovative product design, fintech solutions, and field operations.

Key highlights:

• Connected over 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding 200,000 homes monthly.
• Affordable ‘pay-as-you-go’ financing model; after 1-2 years, customers own their solar equipment.
• Saved customers over $4 billion to date.
• Collect 650,000 daily payments via 28,000 field agents using mobile money systems.
• Products range from home lighting to high-energy appliances, with expansion into clean cooking, electric mobility, and entertainment.

With 2,800 staff across 12 countries, our team includes experts in various fields, all passionate about serving off-grid communities.

Diversity Commitment:

44% of our workforce are women, reflecting our commitment to gender diversity.

About the role:

The Backend Developer works remotely as part of the technology team to help Sun King’s EasyBuy business unit design and develop software to improve its field team operations.

What you will be expected to do

• Design and develop applications/systems based on wireframes and product requirements documents. 
• Design and develop logical and physical data models to meet application requirements. 
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks and bugs based on operational requirements.
• Perform unit tests on code to ensure robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. 
• Write reusable and easily maintainable code following the principles of DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself). 
• Integrate existing tools and business systems, both in-house and external services, such as ticketing software and communication tools. 
• Collaborate with team members and product managers to understand project requirements and contribute to the overall system design. 

You might be a strong candidate if you have/are

• Have development experience: 1-2 years backend development experience and have strong problem-solving abilities, proficiency in data structures, and algorithms. 
• Have a profound grasp of object-oriented programming (OOPS) standards and expertise in Core Java. 
• Have knowledge of SQL, MySQL, or similar database management. 
• Have Experience in integrating web services, such as SOAP, REST, JSON, and XML. 
• Have familiarity with RESTful APIs for linking Android applications to backend services. 
• Have preferred experience with version control systems like Git, but not mandatory. 
• Have additional knowledge of web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like Spring or Hibernate would be advantageous. 

What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• A platform for professional growth in a rapidly expanding, high-impact sector.
• Immerse in a collaborative culture, energized by employees of Sun King who are collectively motivated by fostering a transformative, sustainable venture.
• A genuinely global environment: Engage and learn alongside a diverse group from varied geographies and backgrounds.
• Tailored learning pathways through the Sun King Center for Leadership to elevate your leadership and managerial capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

● Work closely with product managers, designers, frontend developers, and other

cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless integration and alignment of frontend and

backend technologies, driving cohesive and high-quality product delivery.

● Develop and implement coding standards and best practices for the backend team.

● Document technical specifications and procedures.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest backend technologies, trends, and best practices.

● Collaborate with other departments to identify and address backend-related issues.

● Conduct code reviews and ensure code quality and consistency across the backend team.

● Create technical documentation, ensuring clarity for future development and

maintenance.

Requirements;

● Experience: 4-6 years of hands-on experience in backend development, with a strong

background in product-based companies or startups.

● Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.

● Programming skills: Proficient in Python and software development principles, with a

focus on clean, maintainable code, and industry best practices. Experienced in unit

testing, AI-driven code reviews, version control with Git, CI/CD pipelines using GitHub

Actions, and integrating New Relic for logging and APM into backend systems.

● Database Development: Proficiency in developing and optimizing backend systems in

both relational and non-relational database environments, such as MySQL and NoSQL

databases.

● GraphQL: Proven experience in developing and managing robust GraphQL APIs,

preferably using Apollo Server. Ability to design type-safe GraphQL schemas and

resolvers, ensuring seamless integration and high performance.

● Cloud Platforms: Familiar with AWS and experienced in Docker containerization and

orchestrating containerized systems.

● System Architecture: Proficient in system design and architecture with experience in

developing multi-tenant platforms, including security implementation, user onboarding,

payment integration, and scalable architecture.

● Linux Systems: Familiarity with Linux systems is mandatory, including deployment and

management.

● Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to

influence architectural decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Benefits:

● Competitive salary.

● Health insurance.

● Casual dress code.

● Dynamic & Collaboration friendly office.

● Hybrid work schedule.

Industry

• IT Services and IT Consulting

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Description

Drupal Developer will develop web applications and workflows using Drupal. The person would understand the business needs of the customers and is expected to write good quality software. The person would be familiar with best practices in development and coding.

Responsibilities: 

• Write good quality software that complies with Drupal Coding Standards.
• Understand client’s business needs and develop a software solution with necessary validations
• Attend client calls, demonstrations to the client.
• provide assistance, guidance, and support to other developers when necessary. Review codes of peers
• Maintain appropriate documentation with code.
• Undertake quality assurance and testing for functionalities developed.
• Should be strong in developing custom modules and overriding concepts.
• Should be familiar with Drupal coding standards and best practices.
• Should have good hands-on experience with HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
• Should have a fair understanding of building Drupal themes and working with templates.
• Should be well-versed with the deployment process – GIT, SVN, etc.

Communication Responsibilities:

• Deliver engaging, informative, and well-organized presentations.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.

Other Responsibilities:

• Disseminate technology best practices.
• Work with Tech leads to the adoption of new technologies within our technology practice

Requirements, Skills, Qualifications:

• Must have 3+ years of PHP or other significant programming experience.
• Good understanding of MY SQL and relational databases.
• Expertise in PHP development and Drupal.
• Expertise in JavaScript and mainstream JavaScript libraries such as JQuery and working knowledge of Ajax.
• Good understanding of web technologies and HTTP. Good Linux skills HTML and CSS skills commensurate with years of experience.
• Git knowledge/ version control knowledge and skills.
• Contribution to the open-source community
• Experience in Drupal8 of 2+ years.
• Good with RDBMS & writing custom SQL, Drupal API experience
• Must have PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML and CSS experience
• Should be able to code as per Drupal standard coding
• Should be well versed with implementation and configuration of most commonly used modules
• Experience with CSS Frameworks such as Twitter Bootstrap.
• Should have a total experience between 2-5 years (mostly in Drupal)
• Strong experience in Drupal 7 & 8.
• Should have strong web knowledge in terms of developed Secured and High-Performance websites.
• Should be strong in Drupal 8.x, configuring control modules.
• Should have strong knowledge of Domain Access, Panels, NodeQueue, Context.
• Experience with a Multisite environment would be a plus.

If you are a PHP developer & have a good understanding of web technologies you may apply for this positoin. As a Developer, you will be a part of our web development team and will be working with some very experienced developers on challenging and interesting projects. You will be a part of an Agile delivery team and work closely with Requirement Analysts, Scrum Masters, Development & Design team and QA team.

Responsibilities

1. Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
2. Design robust, scalable and secure features
3. Collaborate with team members to develop and ship web applications within tight timeframes.
4. Write unit and functional testcases.
5. Work on bug fixing, identifying performance issues and improving application performance
6. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
7. Handling complex technical issues

Technical Skills

1. PHP - 4.5 Years Experience along with HTML5, CSS Bootstrap, JQuery, JS, MySQL/MongoDB, JSON Web Services and API Services
2. PHP Frameworks: Min. 2 Years with anyone (Laravel, Symfony, CakePHP, Yii etc.)
3. PHP Reporting Tools (Jasper etc.)
4. NET Exposure - Good to have
5. Understanding of responsive design frameworks such as bootstrap
6. MEAN Stack - Good to have
7. Angular / React - Good to have
   
   

Perks, Benefits & Culture: 

We are offering amazing career growth opportunities, great compensation, and benefits. This begins with -

- weekly lunches

- alternate weekends-off

- annual medical checkups

- Social engagement 

- financial assistance 

- and more...